Watch NASA’s Cygnus Spacecraft Launch to the Space Station Live Right Here [UPDATED]
After a long wait, NASA’s Orbital ATK Cygnus is headed up to the space station today, carting 7,000 pounds of gear along with it. Count down with us and watch the whole thing happen right here. UPDATE 6:25 p.m. EST: The launch has been rescheduled due to weather. The new date is tomorrow, Friday December…
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Ria Misra and Mika McKinnon
We Need a ‘Space Race’ Approach to Saving the Planet
In the late 1960s a good chunk of the world’s brightest minds and fanciest labs were devoted to one thing: space exploration. When NASA’s funding peaked in 1966 the organisation employed 400,000 people and consumed more than 4% of the US federal budget. Three years later, after less than a decade of serious investment, man…
Space & Spaceflight
Christopher Grainger
